The present arrangement was created from the sentences of two, as in 1775 incurred Wind Octets for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons from the royal library Donaueschingen (D DO) under the signature mus.1597, now preserved in the Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe . In the same collection is from these wind octets arranged for harpsichord, even then, these works were already arranged.